Page Settings

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Overview

Page Settings are the toggle controls on the Company > Settings page. Where the structural settings covered in Organization Settings define the data SkillsDB operates on — grades, org structure, training attributes — Page Settings define what your users can see and do with that data. There are two kinds of toggle. Simple switches turn a single behavior on or off, such as hiding manager grades from employees or enabling system emails. Grouped toggles open a modal containing several related switches, such as the per-section visibility controls for the Library, Profile, and Team navigation groups. Visibility toggles are how most organizations phase SkillsDB in. A company that has not yet built its certification library can hide Library > Certifications and Profile > Certifications so employees never see an empty page, then switch both on when the library is ready. Because the toggles drive both the sidebar and the page-level access check, a hidden section is genuinely unreachable rather than merely absent from the menu. Only administrators can view or change Page Settings. The settings apply to every user in your SkillsDB instance — they are organization-wide, not per-user or per-team.

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Prerequisites

Before you begin, you need:

• Permission level: Administrator role
• Access: Navigate to Company > Settings in the left sidebar

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Hiding Manager Grades From Employees

The Hide Manager Grades switch prevents all employee users from seeing their manager’s assessment of their skills anywhere in SkillsDB. When you enable Hide Manager Grades, employees no longer see the manager grade on their skills profile, in assessments, or in any matrix view. Employees are also not notified when a manager completes an assessment of them. When you disable it, manager grades become visible to employees again — no data is lost while the setting is on, only hidden. Organizations typically enable this setting during a calibration cycle, so managers can complete their assessments without employees reacting to in-progress grades, then disable it once the cycle closes and results are ready to share. To change it, navigate to Company > Settings and toggle the Hide Manager Grades switch. The change takes effect immediately for all users.

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Enabling Skill Flags

The Enable Skill Flags switch activates the skill flags feature for all users. When you enable skill flags, employees can flag skills as Focus or Interest from their profile page and from inside assessments. Managers can flag employee skills as Focus, Expert, or Mentor. Employees cannot alter a Focus flag that was set by their manager. When you disable skill flags, flag controls disappear from profiles, assessments, and matrices. Existing flag assignments are retained in SkillsDB and reappear if you re-enable the setting. The Expert flag is the one with functional consequences: an Expert can approve training requests for the skills they are flagged on. See Skill Flags for how to configure flag types and trainer designations. To change it, navigate to Company > Settings and toggle the Enable Skill Flags switch.

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Controlling Library Visibility

The Hide Library Sections setting controls which of the four Library sections appear in the sidebar. Select Configure Visibility Of Library Section to open the Manage Library Visibility modal, which contains one switch per section: When you switch a section off, it is hidden from every non-administrator’s sidebar and the corresponding pages become inaccessible to them. If you switch all four off, the Library group disappears from navigation entirely for those users. Administrators, GlobalAdmins, and Full Access users continue to see all four sections regardless of these switches, so you can keep building a library while it is hidden from everyone else. Select Close when you are finished. Changes save as you toggle — there is no separate save step.

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Controlling Profile and Team Section Visibility

The Hide Profile & Team Sections setting controls which items appear under the Profile and Team sidebar groups. Select Configure Visibility Of Profile & Team Sections to open the Manage Profile & Team Visibility modal. If you switch off every item in a group, that group is removed from navigation for affected users. As with library visibility, administrators and Full Access users always see every item.

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Enabling System Emails

The Enable System Emails switch controls whether SkillsDB sends automated email at all. When system emails are enabled, SkillsDB sends automatic messages such as assessment notifications and certification reminders. When they are disabled, none of those messages are sent — assessment nudges, for example, will silently do nothing. When system emails are enabled, an Email Notifications entry appears below this switch. Select Configure email notification types to choose which individual notification types your company sends — welcome emails, training reminders, verification alerts, and so on. Each type is off by default and is delivered either immediately or batched into a daily digest. See Email Notifications for the full list of types. If system emails are disabled, the Email Notifications entry is hidden, because there is nothing for it to control.

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Showing Skill Assignment Dates

The Skill Assignment Dates setting controls whether users see the date each skill was assigned to them while they are taking an assessment. Select Configure Date Assigned In Assessments to open the Manage Date Assigned Visibility modal, which contains two switches: The two switches are independent. Showing the date to managers while hiding it from employees is a valid configuration. Assignment dates help assessors judge whether a low grade reflects a genuine gap or simply a skill that was added last week. Select Close when you are finished.

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Configuring the Overall Training Status Page

The Team Skill Overall Progress setting configures the Team > Skills > Overall Training Status page. Select Configure Overall Training Status page to open the modal. The three Progress Breakdowns toggles are independent — switch on only the breakdowns that match how your organization groups skills. If your skills are organized by section but you do not use labels, switch Progress by Section on and leave Progress by Label off so managers are not shown an empty breakdown.

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Common Questions

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Need More Help?

If you need additional assistance:

• Email support@skillsdb.com
• Use the in-app help chat
• Schedule a training session with your account manager